Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lake, Helen Betsy Tefft Berndt 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: LaVonne I. Bennett lib@dogsbark.com May 10, 2010, 11:29 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard LAKE, HELEN BETSY (TEFFT)(BERNDT)(MRS. CLARE)(MRS. L. G.): IONIA SENTINEL-STANDARD, MI; 11-28-2003: "OBITUARIES - Helen Betsy (Berndt) Lake, age 80 of Saranac, passed away Nov. 26, 2003 in Grand Rapids. She was born Feb. 27, 1923 in Keene Township the daughter of James and Eva (Carr) Tefft. She married Clare L. Berndt April 3, 1941 in Ionia. He preceded her in death Aug. 11, 1975. She went on to marry L. G. Lake on Aug. 1, 1985. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. She is survived by her husband, L. G. Lake of Saranac; daughters Sally Berndt of Lansing, Roxie and Leonard Kirby of Florida, Donna and Lloyd Jenks of Saranac, Judy and Douglas VanBennekom of Saranac; stepsons, Dale and Patty Lake of Lowell, Dirk Lake of Ionia, Jeff and Dawn Klinesmith of Ionia, Dane and Jodie Lake of Belding; one sister, Emma Rickert of Saranac; 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, 11 step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren. Besides her first husband, she was preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters. Funeral services for Mrs. Lake will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Lake Funeral Home in Ionia with Rev. Kenneth Harger officiating. Interment Saranac Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Anyone wishing may make memorial contributions to Ionia 4-H. www.lakefuneralhomes.com" Funeral card, inside cover: The Twenty-Third Psalm. Inside page: "In Loving Memory - Helen Betsy (Berndt) Lake - Date of Birth/Place February 27, 1923; Keene Twp. MI - Date of Death/Place November 26, 2003 Grand Rapids, MI - Services Lake Funeral Home Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:00 P.M. - Officiating Rev. Kenneth Harger - Burial Saranac Cemetery, Saranac, MI - Pallbearers Dirk Lake, Guy Rickert, Carl Rickert, Tom Tefft, David Rickert, Mike Tefft, Bill Rickert." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/lake3912nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb